Engine stop-valve.



PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907,

J. L. KIMBALL. ENGINE STOP VALVE. nruonxon mum Jun: 20. 190p.

INVENTOR %W wwuw BY I L flg r ATTORNEY-g PATENTED 0m. 29. 190?.

' J. L. KIMBALL.

ENGINE STOP VALVE.

nruoulon nun mu :9. 1m.

KIMBALL, or o ALEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

ENGINE STOP-VALVE No. 869,248. Fioeci loation of Letters Patent Get. 29,1907.

that 1 Kinn tui, or Salem, ,achusrtrs hats in *tjnted Stop-Valve and for n following iption, in con- 1 1s a specificaconn y of an i ncction wit tion, like on the drawings tnting like parts.

This inv nion rrlritcs and 'top vnlvt is electrically controlled and to engine stop valves he engin the ohjtct ot' the invontion is to prot'it e itnprove aid valve, which is \vhereiy the Valve will he speed ot menus for op rating :ontrolled or operated hv the rvcr llltt closed \vhei maximum ll 1 safety.

The invention con circuit for tl":

lion in ii adapted ernlcd try an imr irts in roviding a normnlly closed ro-nnignet which controls the operav, a dynamo included tnertin which is lt'ti hy the tang'iuo, and means opoponing said circuit to causttl may;

in too ng'th ot the current [or et to close the valve: also in providing said normally closed circuit with circuit-hr adnptrd to he operated manually or otl erwise tor opening tho circuit and thereby causing the magmt to clt the valve; also, in providing the engine stop valve .Yilll hant't actuating means for op n ndentl v ot the automatic means \vliereln aid valve tln'ot tlo val vb it drsired.

Figure l shows in 'ertical s-"ctiott an ong'ino stop valve tgitfl'itttl vvit h means enihodying this lllYtntihll, ting it.

l! 1g. 4 n oi englne stop iitg and elosinfl it may lm employed as the and shown ding'ramnmtieally, tor op a is a. verticztl section of modified to Fig. :3 is a detail ol the eleo valve. "onnag'net and ttion ol the means opernted hy it l'or controlling op valveshovvn in 2.

An engine stop valve sneh as may h employed in carrying out my invtntion \vill net ing an inlet 11, and

tion \vnll 1: provi valve lt has n cylindii tal pot tion (l like nnto a piston eontninrd in a cylind r 1" ll:e cylindrical portion (L loosely tits tho ,:ylind "-r (3 so as to provide to) the pa oi' the strain hrtvvern them.

The cylindrical portion 1' n'mde hollow to t'orm n steam-recriving' disk (I and the chanilter halnrn com;tartment or chamber hack of the steam entering said eonnz-artment or the disk. i\ volntc springj is conl r-on'tpartnitut, or clnttnlnr.

es through a gland in tho vnlvetase mined in s A stom g p and extends axially through tho hollotv Cylindrical portion d and engages or is adapted to ensign the disk (I. The stein 5 has a threaded portion which passes throng 1 a nut g in a yoke g, (or it may be it threaded hole: in the yoke), and has secured to its outer ond a hand-wheel g l) y which it may he turned. The inner end ol the stom g, has a llango g which engages the disk (I.

Small holes (I ext nd through tho disk (Z at orn tar its center which provide pas ages for the steam into the hollow cylindrical portion stantially closed by the end oi the stem g.

The upper end ot the volute springfht-ars against the [lat g, and the lower end ot' said spring ht.-

llang'e or ring 1/" which. is secured to the lower end ol the fhese passages are suh upon at cylindrical portion (7' of the as it said st-em was directly connected with the disk, although the purpose ol said spring is to provide a Iloxihle connection between the disk and stem, \vhcrehy t to disk may ho niovod independontly oi the stem as will he described.

The hand wheel and stem operated by it constitute tho hand actuating means for opening iltttl closing the valve, and will he operated in the usual nntnner, as for ance, when it: is desired to open the valve, the hand wheel will he turned, and tho stem will he turned hy it; rind also moved longitudinally and through the spring will cause the disk to move in n d ireetion away trozn its seat. To close the \"dlYi, the hand wheel will he turned in the opposite direction and the disk moved into engagoment with its stat. the hand \vmw-l its relative posititm to tho stem r re mains unelnur d. Nornnilly the valve will he open and the disk (I will oecupy the position shown in Fig. l and when in such position it will he halaneod by the steam contained in the compartment or ehamher haek or y'eld i of it which enters said compartinont or chamber by passing between the loosely titting cylindrical port ion and the cylint'lert T'te balanced disk (I has a centrally disposed stem 71 which extends through the valve opening 0 and hears at its extremity a piston 71 which is contained in a cylinder 71 tixed to the valve-ca e. 'llw p mt 1/ assists in guiding the disk (It but c tntially serves, under certain conditions as an actuator for said disk. operating to elose it upon its seat.

A chamber 7r is lot-med or provided in the cylinder 12 hack of the piston It. liitli may he increased in size by recessin the piston and the stet'nn enters this (-haniher by passing the piston. which, itivill he understood loosely tits the cylinder 7L2. The chamber 71 has an outlet h which is normally closed by a valve 72 formed on the end of a stem h which passes through a stufiingbox k fitted into an auxiliary casing B which is mounted on top of the valve-case A.

The auxiliary valve casing B has a chamber 01 through which the valve stem it passes, and the opening it communicates with said chamber, so that when the valve is opened, the steam from the chamber h is free to enter into the chamber '5. The chamber 1' has an outlet 2" leading to the atmosphere so that the chamber 71 may be exhausted when the valve h is opened.

When the valve h is closed, the piston h is balanced by the pressure of steam upon each side of it, but when the chamber h is exhausted, the pressure upon the under side of said piston moves it and consequently moves the balanced disk d toward and closes it upon its seat, and during such movement of the disk, the spring f will be compressed; compression of the spring thereby permits the disk to be moved independently of the stem 9.

For the purpose of automatically closing the valve d, it will therefore be seen that it is here designed to open the auxiliary valve 1L and to accomplish this result, means are provided which are controlled by an electro-magnet which is included in a circuit adapted to be operated from a distant point, and by any suitable means.

As shown in 'Fig. l, the valve h is held closed by an electro-magnet m, the armature m of which is attached to an arm m pivoted at m to the auxiliary casing, and the said arm m overlies the upper end of the valvestem h and holds the auxiliary valve closed when the armature is in its attracted position. The electromagnet m is included in and controlled by a normally closed circuit 91, so that the armature m is normally held attracted. A dynamo 0 is included in said circuit n, which supplies the current therefor and said dynamo is connected by a belt 0 or otherwise to a shaft 0 of the engine, which is being controlled, hence the dynamo is driven by the engine, and while the engine is running at normal speed a current of predetermined strength Will be generated, which holds the armature of the magnet in attracted, and the auxiliary valve closed. Whenever said circuit 11 is opened, the armature m will be retracted and the auxiliary valve opened and the disk (I closed upon its seat independently of the hand-actuating means provided for operating it.

It is designed to open the circuit 11 by means operated by an increase in the strength of the current above the normal, and for this purpose a relay-magnet p is included in the circuit, the armature p of whichis normally held retracted by a spring 19 against the attractive force of the magnet. The armature p when retracted closes upon a pair of contacts p included in the circuit and when in engagement therewith maintains the circuit closed. Whenever the armature is removed from engagement with said contacts 79 the circuit will be open, but to thus move said armature, the

strength of the current must increase sulficiently for the attractive force of the relay magnet 79 to overcome the force of the retractile spring 30 and this takes place whenever the dynamo is driven at an excessively high speed, due to the speed of the engine exceeding its maximum for safety. The circuit n has also other circuit-breakers t adapted to be operated manually or otherwise to open the circuit and operate the magnet to close the engine stop valve.

By providing a normally closed circuit for the electro-magnet m it will be seen that any derangement th ereoi will be made known, which is important.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, a modified form of electro-magnetic controlling-device is provided for the auxiliary valve. As herein shown, the valve 71 is held closed by a locking-device engaging its stem h which, when released, permits the valve to be opened by the steam pressure upon it. The locking-device consists of a lever j pivoted at j and overlying the upper end of the valve-stem 71, a cam y pivoted at j and adapted to engage said lever j and hold it down, said cam having an arm j projecting it which is adapted to be struck by an upwardly swinging member j and thereby moved to turn the cam and release the locking lever j. member j is herein shown as a loop or bail, although it may be an arm, loosely mounted on the horizontally disposed pin 3' to which the cam j is pivoted, and one, or it maybe two springs j are mounted on said pin which are connected at one end to the pin and at the opposite end to the member 3' which act to suddenly lift the member j when permitted to act. The member 3' is held down by a latch 3' formed on the upper end of an upright pin j", which is attached to the armature j of the electromagnet m. Assuming the electro-magnet to be included in a closed circuit and its armature j normally attracted, the retractile spring j will be compressed and whenever the electro-magnet is deenergized, the armature will be retracted, the latch j moved out of engagement with the member 3 and the springs j permitted to suddenly lift the member j causing it to strike the arm j" and turn the cam j and release the locking-lever and thereby permit the auxiliary valve If to'be opened by the steam pres sure upon it. The means thus shown and described for releasing the auxiliary valve represents merely another iorm of mechanism which may be employed ior this purpose in lieu of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, and so far as my invention is concerned I do not desire to limit it to any particular form of construction of mechanism in releasing the auxiliary valve, nor in fact to any particular mechanism which is controlled by the electro-magnet m for controlling the operation of the engine stop valve.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with an engine stop valve, of an electroanagnet controlling its operation, a normally closed circuit for said magnet, a current generator for said circuit which is operated by theeng'ine which is being con-' trolled and means operated by an increase in the strength 01. the current for operating said circuit to operate said magnet and thereby operate the valve, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an engine stop valve, of an electro-magnet controlling its operation, a normally closed circuit including said electro-magnet, a dynamo included in said circuit which is operated by the engine which is being controlled, and means operated by an increase in the strength of the current for opening said circuit to thereby cause the magnet to operate the valve, substantially as described.

3. The combination with an engine stop valve, of an electro-magnet controlling its operation, a normally closed circuit for said magnet, a current generator for said cir- The- 

